Autograph-album



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W. 0 GRANT.

AUTOGRAPH ALBUM. No. 296,404. I Patented Apr. 8, 1884.

HWYENTOIR I v ATTORNEYS u. PETERS. Pimlolimognphom Washmgtm 0.4:

WILLIS (1. GRANT, OF NORWALK,

trier).

PATENT ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, AND ROBERT V.

MURRAY AND YVILLIAM ENGEL, BOTH OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

AUTOGRAPH-ALBUM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,404, dated April 8, 1884.

Application filed March. 14, 1883.

To (&5 1072 0722, it may concern:

Be it known that I, "WILLIS 0. GRANT, of Norwallr, in the county of Huron and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Autograph-rllbums; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to autograph-albums; an d it consists in the peculiar manner in which said album is arranged, as. will behereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in per- I 5 spective of an album, showing it partly open. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are plan views, showing the preferable manner of designing the different series of leaves.

Heretofore autograph-albums have been so arranged as to adapt them to be written in by the friends of the owner of the book, said writings being in the form of a verse,- advice, or compliment, with the signature of th e writer; and hence it was only necessary to bind together a number of sheets of good writingpaper, a few of said sheets being sometimes.

ornamented with fancy-colored designs, as in what is known as the Floral Autograph Album, and others of alike kind. I

hen constructed as above described, I have found that writing and getting friends to write in albums has become monotonous, and hence would seem to be more of a task than a pleasure, as many of the verses, compliments, dc, therein written are to be found in a great number of other albums, the same having been copied from other albums or from books, &c. To obviate the above-mentioned obj ections,and also to produce an album which 40 will be a source of much amusement, 1 have arranged my album as follows: Preferably in the fore part of the album are bound a number of blank sheets or leaves, A, adapted to be written on as in the ordinary album. These blank sheets may be arranged in the rear portion of the book, as illustrated in Fig. 1; but I prefer that they should be arranged inthe front of the book and all the sheets arranged therein in the order indicated in Figs. 2, 3, and 4.

(No model.)

These leaves A are paged in the usual manso ner. (See Fig. 2.) Preferably after the leaves A, I bind a number of leaves, 13, which have preferably been provided with lines a a, running across the page, and also end lines, I) and a, running down the page, as shown, and at right angles to the lines a a. Each of the lines a a are numbered. The number of the lines being preferably in the left-hand column, as shown in Fig. 3, the righthand column being reserved for the page-number, as will be hereinafter fully explained. Following the leaves B are another series of leaves, C. These leaves 0 are formed into spaces (1 (2, each space being numbered, as shown. (See Fig. i.) These spaces (1 cl may be of any desired shape or de- 6 5 sign, so as to be adapted to receive sketches. Preceding or following the leaves 13 and G, or in any other desirable place are suitable instructions as to how the lines and spaces are to be filled in. (Not shown.)

I will now proceed to describe one method of filling in my album. The writer is first requested to write his autograph on one of the pages A. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) He is next requested to fill in one of the lines (say line 1) with the starting sentence of a romance, poem, or the like. (See Figs. 1. and 3.) Nexthe is requested to place the number of the page on which he has written his autograph, and preferably in the right-hand column, 0. Next he is requested to illustrate the sentence he has written by a sketch to be placed in one of the spaces on leaves 0, the number of said space to correspond with the number of the line he has written in on leaves 13. (Say space 1.) The next writer is requested, as the first, and his sentence on leaf B is to form sense with the first sentence, and may, if desired, rhyme with it. Thus the subject of the romance or poem may be continued by each writer until exhausted, each also in turn contributing his sketch on leaf 0. This, when the album is full, will create much amusement to the reader and also be a valuable keepsake.

The different series of leaves A, B, and 0 may occupy different positions in the book, if desired, without departing from my invention; also, the lines a, Z), and 0 may, if deentered-and a series of leaves divided into spaces suitable to receive sketches, said spaces also being consecutively numbered, substan- 15 tially as set forth;

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of two witnesses, this 3d day of March, 1883.

\VILLIS O. GRANT.

Witnesses:

C. H. DORER, XV. ENGEL. 

